The distinction between retractor and protractor muscles of the freshwater snail's male organ has no physiological basis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  De Boer, P A C M ^a   Jansen, R F ^a   Ter Maat, A ^b   Van Straalen, N M ^a   Koene, J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basommatophora; Catch; Copulation; Lymnaea stagnalis; Mating; Mollusca; Pulmonata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LYMNAEA; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LYMNAEA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PENIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA;

EID: 76149112911     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034371     Document Type: Article

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